The countries Bond visits all over the world are almost always filmed on location. Only the following countries appear in Bond movies without these actually being shot on location: Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Yugoslavia, Albania, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Macau, China, Uganda, Madagascar, Montenegro, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Vietnam, North Korea, South Korea, Bulgaria, and the USSR.
With You Only Live Twice and Licence to Kill being notable exceptions, James Bond is almost always seen at the HQ of MI6 (referred to as MI7 in Dr. No) in centralLondon. This has been the actual headquarters of MI6: the Vauxhall Cross building on the Thames from GoldenEye (1995) onwards. Prior to that it was a nondescript building near Whitehall, sometimes (e.g. Dr. No, OHMSS, The Living Daylights) ostensibly the HQ of Universal Exports, the Secret Service's front company.
Shooting locations
This list shows which films were shot in which countries.
Other places in England – For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, GoldenEye, Die Another Day (London, RAF Odiham, Church Crookham, Hampshire, The Eden Project, Cornwall, Epsom Downs Racecourse, London, Holywell Bay, Newquay, Cornwall, Ascot racecourse)
France – Moonraker (Studios De Boulogne Paris Studios, Cinema Eclair Studios)
Bahamas – subaquatic scenes in You Only Live Twice, The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, The World Is Not Enough, Casino Royale (Nassau, Coral Harbour)
Landmarks
A number of well-known international landmarks figure prominently in the film series.
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^ abBehind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger' (DVD). MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc. 1995. {{cite AV media}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^Sean Connery, John Barry, Desmond Llewelyn, Richard Maibaum, Lois Maxwell (1995). Behind the Scenes with "Thunderball" (DVD). TWINE Entertainment. {{cite AV media}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^The Thunderball Phenomenon (DVD). Thunderball Ultimate Edition DVD, Region 2,Disc 2: MGM/UA Home Entertainment. 1995. {{cite AV media}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: location (link)
^On Location With Ken Adam. You Only Live Twice: Ultimate Edition DVD (Disc 2): MGM Home Entertainment. {{cite AV media}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: location (link)
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^Exotic Locations: Diamonds Are Forever Ultimate Edition, Disc 2. MGM Home Entertainment. ASIN: B000LY2L1Q. {{cite AV media}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |format= requires |url= (help)
^John Barry, Jimmy Dean, Guy Hamilton, Patrick Macnee, Peter R. Hunt, Jill St. John, Lana Wood (2000). Inside "Diamonds Are Forever" (DVD). MGM Home Entertainment. {{cite AV media}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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^On Location with "The Man with the Golden Gun" (DVD). ITN Archive. 2006. {{cite AV media}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^Lewis Gilbert, Richard Kiel, Patrick Macnee, Roger Moore, Caroline Munro, Christopher Wood (2000). Inside "The Spy Who Loved Me" (DVD). MGM Home Entertainment. {{cite AV media}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^Lois Chiles, Lewis Gilbert, Richard Kiel, Desmond Llewelyn, Michael Lonsdale, Patrick Macnee, Roger Moore, Michael G. Wilson, Christopher Wood (2000). Inside "Moonraker" (DVD). MGM Home Entertainment. {{cite AV media}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^Peter Lamont (2006). Location Scouting with Peter Lamont: Octopussy (TV Documentary). Cloverland Productions. {{cite AV media}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^Inside Octopussy (DVD). MGM Home Entertainment. 2000. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
^Albert R. Broccoli, John Glen, Grace Jones, Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts (2000). Inside A View to a Kill (DVD). MGM Home Entertainment. {{cite AV media}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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